V. S. Pritchett Quotes

The profoundly humorous writers are humorous because they are responsive to the hopeless, uncouth, concatenations of life.

V. S. Pritchett

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• The profoundly humorous writers are humorous because they are responsive to the hopeless, uncouth, concatenations of life.

  

  V. S. Pritchett
  • Life
  • Humorous
  • Hopeless